| 单词 | gold brick scheme |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold brick scheme General attributive (in sense 2), as gold brick swindle, gold brick scheme, etc. ΚΠ 1865 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 4 May 6/1 (heading) The king of bunco men. The inventor of the ‘gold brick’ swindle... Made a fortune out of his confidence games and bold schemes. 1879 Times 9 June 2/7 Abut two weeks ago a very smart ‘gold brick’ trick was played in Denver. 1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Oct. 637/1 A ‘gold-brick swindler’. 1918 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. Oct. 199/1 In the Gold Alley, the astrologers' street in Prague.., many a trick was played by the goldbrick men of ancient time. 1959 J. N. Makris Silent Investigators vii. 102 The ‘gold-brick’ swindle..fleeced victims of sums ranging from $500 to $25,000. 1976 Fort Stockton (Texas) Pioneer 11 Nov. 2 b The gold brick con, the inherited billions bilk..and a whole bag of other tricks you've probably never even heard of. 2001 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 June 21 They have been dudded so often over the past two or three decades that naturally they have become sceptical of any new gold-brick schemes that are on offer. < as lemmas |
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